Chef&#39;s hat construction



March 26, 1963 G. B. WAGENFELD 3,082,430

CHEFS HAT CONSTRUCTION Filed March 3, 1959 2 Sheets-Sheet 1 zig/- philv I GnLBERT B .WAGENFELD BY www ATTORNEY March 26, @$3 G. E. WAGENFELD 392,43@

cHEF's HAT CONSTRUCTION Filed March 5, 1959 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 @maar B. WAGEN-ELO BY ATTORNEY United States Patent @i 3,082,430 CHEFS HAT CONSTRUCTIGN Gilbert B. Wagenfeld, 5707 Wyndale Ave., Philadelphia, Pa. Fiied Mar. 3, 1959, Ser. No. 796,827 S Claims. (Cl. 2-197) rlhis invention relates to paper caps, and more particularly to those of the type known as a chefs hat. A chefs hat, as -opposed to hats of the type known as overseas caps, has a relatively high crown characterized by a broad relatively flat top which fans out to provide a bloused effect.

Chefs hats, as the name implies, are worn by persons engaged in the preparation of food, generally for serving to the consuming public in restaurants or hotels, and are normally made of linen or other appropriate cloth. Hats of this type, of course, become soiled in use and after a relatively short time do not present the sanitary appearance which is desired to be conveyed by the wearing of such hats. Frequent launderings of such hats are therefore mandatory and result in a considerable expense which must be charged to the operation of the restaurant or other food preparation service.

My invention, on the other hand, is directed toward providing a chefs hat fabricated completely of paper, and which may be disposed of when soiled. The cost of such a chefs hat as provided by my invention is considerably less than the purchase price or rental charge for a similar chefs hat made of cloth and requiring laundering. Moreover, the hat yband of my chefs hat is adjustable to accommodate a wide range of head sizes and hence eliminates the need for ordering varying numbers of chefs' hats of the cloth type of a fixed head band size. Ineluded in the head band of my adjustable chefs cap are novel means for accurately adjusting the head band for any desired size and permanently securing the hat band in its adjusted condition, thereby avoiding the necessity for repeated adjustment of the head band size lwhen in use. Accordingly, it is a primary object of my invention to provide a novel hat construction which simulates in paper the visible appearance of a chefs hat made or" fabric.

Another object of my invention is to provide a novel paper chefs hat having an adjustable head band which may be permanently adjusted -to a predetermined desired size.

Yet another object of my invention is to provide a novel paper hat simulating a chefs hat which maybe disposed of when soiled and whose cost is less than the purchase price or rental charge for a similar hat made of cloth.

Still another object of my invention is to provide a novel paper hat construction which is provided with concealed Ventilating means in order to reduce the incidence of wearer perspiration and thereby minimize the soiling of the hat.

The foregoing and other objects of my invention will become apparent from a reading of the following specification when taken in conjunction with the appended drawings, wherein:

FIGURE 1 is a perspective view of the chefs hat according to my invention illustrating the hat in set-up condition and ready for use; a portion of the crown being l 3,082,430 Patented Mar. 26, 1963 "ice fragmented away to reveal some details of the novel head sizing means incorporated into the head band;

FIGURE 2 is a cross-sectionalpview through the chefs hat taken along the lines 2.-2 of FIGURE l;

FIGURE 3 is a plan view of a sheet of paper from which the crown of the hat is fashioned;

FIGURE 4 is an open ou-t plan view of la second sheet of paper from which the head band is fashioned and illustrating certain aspects of the novel head sizing means;

FIGURE 5 illustrates the head band of FIGURE 4 in folded condition but without the crown portion attached thereto;

FIGURE 6 illustrates the folded head band of lF'IG- URE 5 with the crown portion of FIGURE 3 attached thereto;

FIGURES 7, 8, 9 and l1 show further steps in the formation of the completed chefs hat from the attached crown and head band sections shown in FIGURE 6;

FIGURE l0 illustrates a cross-sectional view of the completed chefs hat in folded condition and is taken along the lines 10-10 of FIGURE l1.

In the several figures, like elements are denoted by like reference numerals.

Referring now to the figures, and firstly to FIGURES 1 through 4, it is seen that the chefs hat is fabricated from two pieces of paper stock, a crown portion 20 and a head band portion 30. The cro/wn portion 20 is seen in FIGURE 3 in unfolded plan vie-W prior to incorporation with the head .band 30, the latter being similarly seen in the showing of FIGURE 4. The crown portion Ztl is fashioned from paper stock which is lighter in weight than the head band 30, since the former is desired to be of a relatively exible nature although suiciently stiff to be self-supporting in the finished hat. .It has been -found that crepe paper is ideally suited for fashioning the crown portion Z0 although it is by no means mandatory that a crepe-like paper be used. As will be subsequently pointed out, the use lof paper stiffer than crepe paper is permissible -by virtue of the incorporation into the crown portion Ztl of the vent holes 29, one of which is visible in the perspective view of FIGURE 1. The head band portion 30 is of course fashioned from a relatively stifter paper stock than the crown portion 20 since it is desirable that the head band be sufficiently stiff to retain its shape when in use.

Referring no-W to FIGURES l, 2 and 3 coordinately, it is seen that the crown portion 20 is divided into three vertically spaced panels 2l, 22 and 23, of different size. The main and largest portion 21 which lies between the bottom edge 28 of the crown portion 20 and the vertically spaced score line 25 constitutes in the finished hat the sides of the crown, while the portion 2.2 constitutes the top of the crown and is folded inwardly and downwardly about the score line 25 relative to the crown sidewall portion 21. The upper narrow marginal portion 23 of the crown portion 20 is defined by the fold line 24 which separates it from the immediately below-lying portion 22. In the construction of the hat, the upper marginal portion 23 is folded about the line 24 and has an adhesive applied thereto by means of which the crown portion is secured to itself at the top. The self-adhered marginal portion 23 is clearly seen in the showings of FIGURES 1 and 2.

Referring now to FIGURES l, 2 and 4 coordinately,

it is seen that the head band portion 30 is subdivided into three panel areas 31, 32 and 35. The panel 32 defines the outer or visible portion of the head band, whereas the panel 31 defines the inner surface of the head band, and it is to the upper marginal portion of the panel 31 that the bottom edge 28 of the crown portion 20 is adhesively secured in order to form a completed hat having a crown and head band secured together. The region of the head band panel 31 to which the bottom of the crown portion is adhesively secured is designated by the region 42 lying between the head band upper margin 40 and the immediately below-lying dashed line 41. As best seen in the showing of FIGURE 2, the panel 32 is folded upwardly and outwardly relative to the panel 31 about the line 33, and the panel 35 is folded downwardly and inwardly relative to the panel 32 about the line 34.

'Ihe downwardly folded panel 35 stiffens the upper edge 34 of the head band 30 and partly forms a channel-like construction with the other two panels 31 and 32 of the head band, which, as will be subsequently seen, provide an interlock structure which prevents the ends of the head band from working relative to themselves. The upper panel 35 of the head band 30 is not secured to the crown portion at any point, the crown portion being secured to the head band only in the region 42 of the latter as previously described. The hat sizing means, some details of which are seen in FIGURES l and 4 will be subsequently described after the method of making the hat has been explained in connection with FIGURES 5 through 1l, to which reference should now be had.

FIGURE 5 illustrates the head band folded in the manner previously described in connection with FIGURES l, 2 and 4. The head band as viewed interiorly in the showing of FIGURE 5 shows at the left side a series of vertical lines which correspond to those seen in FIGURE 4 as defining the head band sizing intervals, and also shows at the right-hand end the slit 36 and flap 37 likewise seen in FIGURE 4 which is used in conjunction with the head band sizing numbers at the left-hand end. FIG- URE 6 illustrates the operation of adhesively securing the lower marginal edge 28 of the crown portion 20 to the region 42 of the head band. It is seen that the crown portion overlies the panel 35 of the head band and underlies the upper region 42 of the interior panel 31 of the head band in conformance with the showing of FIGURE 2. After the crown portion and head band have been secured together a pair of horizontally spaced vertical score lines 26 and 27 are impressed on the joined crown and head band sections. These score lines 26 and 27 define foldover lines which in the finished construction will constitute the front and back edges of the hat.

Turning now to FIGURE 7, it is seen that this ligure differs from FIGURE 6 only in that the upper marginal portion 23 of the crown 20 has been turned downwardly and inwardly about the line 24 and an adhesive has been applied thereto. FIGURE 8 illustrates the inward folding from right to left about the vertical score line 27 of the right-hand section of the joined crown and head band portions. During this folding operation the adhesive coated upper marginal portion 23 is laid against itself where the hat overlies itself to form an adhesively secured seam. FIGURE 9 shows the left-hand portion of the joined crown and head band folded from left to right about the vertical score line 26 to complete the adhesive securing of the top of the hat and illustrating the inwardly folded left-hand portion in overlying relationship to the previously inwardly turned right-hand portion. As also seen in FIGURE 9, the left-hand portion of the head band has also been telescopically slipped into the underlying right-hand portion of the head band. This telescopic arrangement is most clearly seen in the sectional view of FIGURE l0.

The final step in the hat fabrication is now performed by cutting off the upper corners of the crown along the lines 50-50 as seen in FIGURE 9 to produce the finished 4 hat illustrated in FIGURE 1l. The corner clipping provides a pair of holes, one of which may be seen in the showing of FIGURE 1 as the hole 29, which performs the dual function of allowing for ventilation of the hat when in use and also for permitting the relatively easy inturning of the crown portion 22 downward about the score line 25. The presence of these corner holes allows for the use of even relatively stiff paper stock in the formation of the crown portion.

Returning now to the showing of FIGURES 1 and 4 for an understanding of the head band sizing device, it is seen that the head band is slit as at 36 to form a ap 37. To the concealed side of this flap 37 as viewed in FIG- URE 4, has been previously applied a remoistening adhesive, as for example of the type used for sealing the flaps of envelopes. The location of the ap 37 is shown in FIGURES 5 through 9 and FIGURE ll, and it is seen that this flap is concealed from external view in the finished hat and lies on the inside of the head band in facing opposition to the head band sizing numbers, as most clearly is seen in the showing of FIGURE l.

In the finished hat with the head `band ends telescopically interengaged as seen in FIGURE l, the flap 37 of the head band 30 is turned back and the head band ends telescopically slid relative to one another until the desired head band size is positioned under the normal ap position. For example, in the showing of FIGURE l the head band ends have been positioned for a hat size 7. When the desired size is properly indexed, the remoistening adhesive 38 on the ilap 37 is moistened to cause the adhesive to become tacky. The flap 37 is then folded back into position and pressed firmly against the facing numbered portion of the head band and so held until the adhesive 38 has firmly bonded to prevent further telescopic sliding of the head band ends. The crown portion 20, of course, may be folded into its use condition as shown in FIGURES 1 and 2 either prior to or subsequent to the sizing operation.

Although my invention has been described in connection with a particularly illustrated embodiment thereof, it will be understood that many modifications and variations will from time to time occur to those persons normally skilled in the art without departing from the essential spirit, principles or scope of my invention, and it is therefore intended to claim the same broadly as well as speciiically as indicated by the appended claims.

What is claimed as new and useful is:

l.` A paper hat including an adjustable size head band portion comprising, a rectangular piece of paper stock subdivided by parallel spaced fold lines into three adjacent horizontally extending rectangular panels with the center such panel being of greater width than either of the outer panels adjacent thereto, the outer panels being folded downward and upward respectively about said fold lines into overlapping relationship to thereby form an elongated lflattened hollow tube having a pair of overlapped panel edges unsecured to one another extending longitudinally of the tube in one of its flattened faces, said tube being formed into a loop with the flattened face containing the overlapped panels defining the inside face of the loop, one end of said tube being disposed within the other end for telescopic shifting movement therebetween, the inside loop face being marked inwardly from said one end for a distance along the head band length in the direction of the said other end with a sequence of spaced intervals corresponding to successively smaller head band sizes, the other of said ends being provided on the inside loop face with a slit extending from its end for a limited distance in the direction of said one end to thereby form a flap, said marked head band size intervals being at least partially concealed by said flap, said flap being coated with an adhesive on the side facing the size intervals and being liftable to reveal the underlying marking designating the head band size indexed thereunder, the indexed head band size being permanent- 5 ly fixed by securing the head band end portions against relative displacement by rendering the adhesive tacky and pressing the `flap against the indexed marking.

2. The hat according to claim 1 wherein the head band size markings are imprinted on and the Iflap is slit in the upwardly folded one of the overlapped panels of the head band inside attened face, whereby both the markings and the flap are concealed from external view.

3. The hat according to claim 2 further including a paper crown portion peripherally joined along its bottom edge to the upper edge of the upwardly folded one of the overlapped panels of the head band inside attened face, said crown portion including a circumferentially extending score line spaced vertically above the top edge of the head band and below the top edge of the crown, that part of the `crown portion above said score line being adapted for downward and inward folding about said score line to thereby form a relatively broad and flat-topped crown.

4. The hat according to claim 3 wherein said crown portion is of generally rectangular form as viewed in side elevation when said hat is in unopened nat-folded condition and wherein the crown upper corners have been removed by a diagonal cut above said score line, whereby that part of vthe crown above the score line is rendered easily turnable downwardly and inwardly about said score line, said crown removed corner regions opening to provide a pair of Ventilating apertures.

5. The paper hat according to claim 4 wherein said crown portion is made from crepe paper, whereby said crown in the region adjacent said score line may be readily outwardly stretched to provide a bloused effect similar in appearance to that presented by a chefs hat.

References Cited in the tile of this patent UNITED STATES PATENTS 232,332 Botsford Sept. 21, 1880 908,111 Lirnrner Dec. 29, 1908 1,506,332 Bloom Aug. 26, 1924 1,521,998 `Crum Jan. 6, 1925 2,685,090 Wagenfeld Aug. 3, 1954 2,856,608 Wagenfeld Oct. 2l, y1958 2,859,447 De Villers Nov. 1l, 1958 FOREIGN PATENTS 46,552 France Apr. 28, 1936 1,020,731 France Nov. 19, 1952 

1. A PAPER HAT INCLUDING AN ADJUSTABLE SIZE HEAD BAND PORTION COMPRISING, A RECTANGULAR PIECE OF PAPER STOCK SUBDIVIDED BY PARALLEL SPACED FOLD LINES INTO THREE ADJACENT HORIZONTALLY EXTENDING RECTANGULAR PANELS WITH THE CENTER SUCH PANEL BEING OF GREATER WIDTH THAN EITHER OF THE OUTER PANELS ADJACENT THERETO, THE OUTER PANELS BEING FOLDED DOWNWARD AND UPWARD RESPECTIVELY ABOUT SAID FOLD LINES INTO OVERLAPPING RELATIONSHIP TO THEREBY FORM AN ELONGATED FLATTENED HOLLOW TUBE HAVING A PAIR OF OVERLAPPED PANEL EDGES UNSECURED TO ONE ANOTHER EXTENDING LONGITUDINALLY OF THE TUBE IN ONE OF ITS FLATTENED FACES, SAID TUBE BEING FORMED INTO A LOOP WITH THE FLATTENED FACE CONTAINING THE OVERLAPPED PANELS DEFINING THE INSIDE FACE OF THE LOOP, ONE END OF SAID TUBE BEING DISPOSED WITHIN THE OTHER END FOR TELESCOPIC SHIFTING MOVEMENT THEREBETWEEN, THE INSIDE LOOP FACE BEING MARKED INWARDLY FROM SAID ONE END FOR A DISTANCE ALONG THE HEAD BAND LENGTH IN THE DIRECTION OF THE SAID OTHER END WITH A SEQUENCE OF SPACED INTERVALS CORRESPONDING TO SUCCESSIVELY SMALLER HEAD BAND SIZES, THE OTHER OF SAID ENDS BEING PROVIDED ON THE INSIDE LOOP FACE WITH A SLIT EXTENDING FROM ITS END FOR A LIMITED DISTANCE IN THE DIRECTION OF SAID ONE END TO THEREBY FORM A FLAP, SAID MARKED HEAD BAND SIZE INTERVALS BEING AT LEAST PARTIALLY CONCEALED BY SAID FLAP, SAID FLAP BEING COATED WITH AN ADHESIVE ON THE SIDE FACING THE SIZE INTERVALS AND BEING LIFTABLE TO REVEAL THE UNDERLYING MARKING DESIGNATING THE HEAD BAND SIZE INDEXED THEREUNDER, THE INDEXED HEAD BAND SIZE BEING PERMANENTLY FIXED BY SECURING THE HEAD BAND END PORTIONS AGAINST RELATIVE DISPLACEMENT BY RENDERING THE ADHESIVE TACKY AND PRESSING THE FLAP AGAINST THE INDEXED MARKING. 